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title: "3 Israel Finkelstein Quotes - Famous Anthropologist"
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# Israel Finkelstein

(1949)   Anthropologist

 **3** quotes in **2** categories

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Israel Finkelstein is an anthropologist.

## Quick Facts About Israel Finkelstein

Born January 1, 1949

Profession Anthropologist

## About Israel Finkelstein

Israeli archaeologist... \| Israel Finkelstein is an Israeli archaeologist, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and the head of the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa. Finkelstein is active in the archaeology of the Levant and is an applicant of archaeological data in reconstructing bi

##  Quotes by Israel Finkelstein

> [“biblical history did not take place in either the particular era or the manner described. Some of the most famous events in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israel-finkelstein/biblical-history-did-not-take-place-in-either-the-particular-era-or/)

[Israel Finkelstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israel-finkelstein/)

[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/)

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> [“is now evident that many events of biblical history did not take place in either the particular era or the manner described.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israel-finkelstein/is-now-evident-that-many-events-of-biblical-history-did-not-take/)

[Israel Finkelstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israel-finkelstein/)

[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/)

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> [“Yet all agree that the Pentateuch is not a single, seamless composition but a patchwork of different sources, each written under different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israel-finkelstein/yet-all-agree-that-the-pentateuch-is-not-a-single-seamless/)

[Israel Finkelstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israel-finkelstein/)

[Pentateuch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pentateuch/)

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